Drawing a box

[Ed Olmstead]

On 6/16/2009 2:37 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I decided to play a bit with using graphics characters to draw a box around a title during output processing.
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> Here is the code:
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>         ◄ If:                                                                   ◄
>         Then: CLS("1","4")                                                      ◄
>   15  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>         ◄ If:                                                                   ◄
>         Then: SHOWCTR("1") "\g7"{repeat("\g0","125"){""{"\g9"                   ◄
>   16  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>         ◄ If:                                                                   ◄
>         Then: SHOWCTR("2") "\g.\b5 Checking For members Missing Transactions \a->
>   17  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>         ◄ If:                                                                   ◄
>         Then: SHOWCTR("3") "\g1"{repeat("\g0","125"){""{"\g3"                   ◄
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> Here is the results
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>                   ┌─────────────────────────────────────────?g9
>                   │ Checking For members Missing Transactions │
>                   └─────────────────────────────────────────?g3
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> Note that line 2 appears correctly with the verticals in the proper place.
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> Question: Why don't \g9 upper right corner and \g3 lower right corner resolve?
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> When I was used repeat("\g0","150") the right corners resolved properly.
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>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
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Is the far right left paren on lines 15 and 17 correct?
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